STORYTELLER.

For 15 years Celeste has worked as a marketing professional and consultant, helping large brands, small ventures, and individual artists tell their story and grow their business.

Her creative career began 11 years ago with the publication of her novel, In Absence of Fear. Shortly after its publication, a serendipitous encounter at the Sundance Film Festival set her sights on screenwriting and her first screenplay was optioned by Passage Pictures (White Noise, Tesla, Marjorie Prime) several months later.

Since then, her feature-length scripts have advanced and placed in various labs, competitions, and film festivals, including Tribeca Film Institute’s AT&T Untold Stories Competition, the Alfred P. Sloan Filmmaker’s Fund, FinalDraft’s Big Break, and the Austin Film Festival.

Celeste has also directed three short films. Her drama/comedy From Way Up Here was selected by HollyShorts for its monthly screening series and won best short film at the 2025 Zions Indie Film Fest. Her comedy, Connie & Clyde is now in the festival circuit.

In 2020, Celeste became Utah's first intimacy coordinator for film. As an IDC-certified consent-forward artist and mental health coordinator, she has supported dozens of productions––from independent films like Kill Me, starring Charlie Day and Allison Williams, to major productions including Kevin Costner's Horizon (1 & 2) and Taylor Sheridan’s Marshals.

She is currently at work on a feature film about Angela Madsen, the Marine veteran and Paralympian who embarked on a solo crossing of the Pacific ocean in 2020, based on Madsen’s memoir Rowing Against the Wind, and the documentary Row of Life.